The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-04-16
MONTANA NEWS.

MVN 4AN0 ALVIN
Fort Benton is to have system of water
works.
York is the name of a new postoffice
established in Meagher county.
Thursday of last week the residence of
Frank E. Shaw, at Shawmut, was totally
destroyed by fire. Loss on building and
contents, $500; insured.
Harry L. Luke, private secretary to
Governor Leslie, has been appointed arse
nal keeper of the Territory Of Montana,
IN place of E. W. Bach.
Thomas Drummond, hardware drum
mer from Chicago, was arrested and tned
$50 at Butte for assaulting a barkeeper
of the St. Nicholas hotel.
The Butte City Frei Presse, paper, es-
tablished in the German language is a
late addition to Montana journalism. 1t
is weekly and is issued Saturdays.
The body of Matthew McNally, a SOL
dier belonging to troop E of the first cav
airy, Fort Custer, who was drowned in
the Yellowstone January, 18th, was re-
covered at Junction on Friday of last
week.
John +. Raymond, the Celebrated actor,
died at Evansville, Indiana, Sunday morn
ing of heart disease Mr.. Raymond had
an engagement with John Mcguire to
make a circuit in Montana the coming
summer.
Near Fort Assinaboine Wednesday
night of last week a wealthy Englishman
named Edward B. Caldwell was murdered.
He was horribly mangled and it IS sup
posed that British Blood Indians commit
ted the dastardly act.
The Montana circuit has issued its
racing programme, in which is offered
SEQ. 900 in premiums There is tc be
| two courses at both Butte and Helena.
| The Butte courses are from July 3rd to
and including the 9Th and August 22nd
to eth. Anyone desiring a programme
can abtain one by addressing Lee Mantle,
Butte.
Foley and Kane, indicted for the rob-
berry of James Tuohy of Butte, were ac-
| Quilted by the district court last Friday
The robbery of Tuohy occurred on the
9TH of February. Tuohy had small
drunk with his friends, Foley and Kane
| IN his cabin and told them of $1,000 he
had secreted beneath his store. On sober
ing up the money had disappeared ano
| Tuolly caused the arrest of his guests
charging them with the theft,
The Yellowstone Journal has been
authority the past winter for some glgan
tie sheep losses Not long since it chron
icled the loss of an entire band of some
5000 sheep, the herder of the same barely
escaping with his own life. The lates
story from the journal is that a sheep mar
whose hocks ranged in a short distance O
Terry saved $50 head of sheep out o
800 with which he went into the winter
The Benton River Press brings the new
from the home of T. c. Power, the presi
dent of the line, that five of the uppe
Missouri steamers will he lighted b.
electricity during the summer. Th'
electric light was used on two OF tn
boats last season. and this additional i'm
provement is another of the many proof
of the development of the Missouri vale.
and the promise of improvement in bust
ness.
Ida Dugan, a servant girl, returned t
her Maker via the strychnine route il
Helena last Wednesday morning. Las
summer Ida was one of the fair ant
merry servant girls IN the hotel at Norri
geyser basin in the Park. Returning
from the Park at the close of the tours
season she went to Helena where she fOun
employment in restaurant. Here sh
met one Lou Tyndall, bar tender, VIII
after repeated efforts finally accomplishe
her ruin by promise of marriage. H
afterward deserted her and Ida, broker
: hearted and discouraged, committed SUI
j c1ae. She has relstiws in Aiquesuts.